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Through July 6
Pinellas County High School Survey, annual
exhibition honoring high school art programs, featuring cash
prizes. Gulf Coast Museum of Art, 12211 Walsingham Rd., Largo.
Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; noon-4 p.m. Sun. Call
727-518-6833.
Small Expressions, exhibition of small
scale fiber art, sponsored by the Handweavers Guild of America,
coinciding with "Convergence," the group's biennial conference in
Tampa. Tampa Museum of Art Interim Location, 2306 N. Howard Ave.,
Tampa. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; 8-11 p.m. third Friday
monthly. Call 813-274-8130.
Tampa Bay Surface Design Guild: Texture in
the Tropics, celebrating "Convergence 2008," the biannual National
Handweaver's Guild of America's conference in Tampa, June 2008.
Fiber art works in dyeing, art quilting, felting, weaving,
embroidery, doll making and stitching. Also featuring, "Luminous:
The Works of Jan Boyer," an exhibition of natural pigment dyed
textiles in memory of a DFAC faculty member and artist; and,
"Connie Lippert: Navajo Wedge Weave," natural pigment weavings
based upon the traditional Navajo wedge weave technique developed
1870-1890. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat.;
1-4 p.m. Sun. Dunedin Fine Art Center, 1143 Michigan Blvd.,
Dunedin. Call 727-298-DFAC (3322).
Through July 26
"The New Tampa Museum of Art," exhibition
of works by third grade students inspired by the new museum
project. Second-floor education gallery, Tampa Museum of Art
Interim Location, 2306 N. Howard Ave., Tampa. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Tues.-Sat.; 8-11 p.m. third Friday monthly. Call 813-274-8130.
Through July 27
"A Mysterious Clarity," exhibition
offering three distinct views of the Florida landscape by artists
Mark Messersmith, Lillian Garcia-Roig and Ray Bruggraf. Gulf Coast
Museum of Art, 12211 Walsingham Rd., Largo. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Tues.-Sat.; noon-4 p.m. Sun. Call 727-518-6833.
Through July 31
"Revelations: Works by Self-Taught
African-American Artists," exhibition of 20 works from the 1940s to
the present by self-taught artists. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tues.-Sat.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Museum of Fine Arts, 255 Beach Dr. NE,
St. Petersburg. Call 727-896-2667.
Through August 1
Teen Art Contest, competition open to ages
13-17 in painting, drawing, photography and graphic design with
cash prizes in each category. Theme is "Library Door to the World."
Works displayed throughout the library. Contest forms and entry
rules available in the library or on its website. Safety Harbor
Library, 101 Second St. N., Safety Harbor. Call 727-724-1525, ext.
224.
Through August 3
"California Dreaming: California Fibers at
Convergence 2008" and "Tapestries of Abraham Ratter: Created at the
Mambush Artists' Village in Israel," two exhibitions presented as
a complement to "Convergence 2008 Tampa Bay," an international
fiber arts conference June 22-28 in Tampa. Also featuring permanent
galleries of works by Abraham Rattner, Allen Leepa and Esther
Gentle. Hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thurs.; 1-5
p.m. Sun. Free docent tours 2 p.m. Sun. Leepa-Rattner Museum of
Art, St. Petersburg College Tarpon Springs Campus, 600 Klosterman
Rd., Tarpon Springs. Call 727-712-LRMA (5762).
"Thread Bare: My Fiber Vice," a show
celebrating "Convergence 2008," the biannual National Handweaver's
Guild of America's conference in Tampa, featuring weavings by
fiber artist Margaret Hluch. Clay and Paper and The Painted Fish
Gallery, 350 Main St., Dunedin. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun.
Call 727-736-0934 or 727-734-5060.
Through August 26
"Unveiled: Rarely Seen Art from the
Collection," also, "Mrs. Stuart's Legacy," exhibitions celebrating
the opening of the museum's new Hazel Hough Wing. Hours: 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Tues.-Sat.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Museum of Fine Arts, 255 Beach Dr.
NE, St. Petersburg. Call 727-896-2667.
Through September 30
"First Pitch," exhibit of baseball
memorabilia from the Literati Collection, Strum Gallery. Also
featuring, "St. Anthony's Hospital" exhibit through Aug. 27 in the
Neighborhood Gallery. St. Petersburg Museum of History, 335 Second
Ave. NE, St. Petersburg. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; 1-5:30
p.m. Sun. Call 727-894-1052.
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